I'm retired now... this is an archive of We Build Pages from 2008 to 2011. Internet Marketing Ninjas is with Previsible.com these days, and they're who I'd recommend for any internet marketing work.

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1	Link Smart by Thinking Neighborhoods! Jim Boykin CEO, We Build Pages www.webuildpages.com
2	Your linking neighbors create your neighborhood.
3	How to find your neighbors. Who links to you - They Respect You Who you link to - Who You Respect The Neighborhood - * Several points Who links to those who link to you Common backlinks – similar pages Reputation of pages which link to you Hosting and other Issues
4	Who Links to you Google Backlinks is for Entertainment Purposes only. Find who links to you by using Yahoo Linkdomain:yoursite.com
5	Who you Link To Don't just think Backwards,
6	Similar Pages Similar Pages Share Common Backlinks
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8	If you Guessed "Swimming Pools",  Then you guessed Correct.
9	Who's similar in they eyes of Yahoo  you ask?
10	The sites listed in the Yahoo Directory might be their own "Hilltop" for Yahoo.
11	www.touchgraph.com - Google Browser
12	DMOZ
13	Backlink PAGE Relevance The words linking to page as well as The other links on that page.
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15	Directory pages CAN be powerful because of the Linking out Neighborhood of the page which links to you as well (the other links on those pages are some of your neighbors).
16	Directory Rules Be skeptic Must be Direct Links (double check code) How old? Older the better. Cache of the page you're seeking a link on?  Date of Cache? Supplemental Result? Who else is on the page? (Good neighborhood?)
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18	Hosting Issues with linking neighborhoods
19	Your known by the Neighborhoods you link around.
20	So put your site in a Good Neighborhood!